The reason for this model was to be able to get the cost as low as possible without the timer, water valve and water level control. Perhaps people would come in and look at this model and see what using it involved and decide to go for the slightly more expensive Standard model, but people who were used to using a wringer washer would still find that this saved them a lot of work and mess and, maybe even more importantly, was much safer than a wringer washer. When this was offered in 1938, the Duomatic was still an undreamt dream, so it has no bearing on the purchasing of any model in the line.